Commence Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Haiti

Commence Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Commence Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa201:2,708,885106,094
Haiti41:2,670,97716,453
France11:66,422,722504,397
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Commence (28) may also be a first name.

Commence Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Commence Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Commence occurs more in South Africa more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Commence? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 3,798,600th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 78 percent of Commence live; 74 percent live in Southern Africa and 74 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Commence is also the 1,994,417th most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.

This surname is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 2,708,885. In South Africa Commence is mostly found in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live, Western Cape, where 45 percent live and Gauteng, where 5 percent live. Outside of South Africa this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Haiti, where 15 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.

Commence Last Name Statistics demography

Commence earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 46.41% less than the national average, earning R 127,356 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Comence931/
Commenge88645/
Kommence881/
Comenced880/
Commenges82192/
Commens80392/
Comenge80284/
Camence8068/
Comency808/
Comense803/
Comenje801/
Cumence801/
Commencais7847/
Comenges7515/
Coumenge752/
Commensa751/
Comentse750/
Kammence750/
Comens71112/
Cominches7158/
Coumenges7149/
Cumminces711/
Comenchis711/
Commins672,842/
Camince67439/
Camense67163/
Comeens6775/
Somenze6749/
Komenge6744/
Somense6733/
Comensi6732/
Komench6727/
Somenci6723/
Camenci6715/
Cumenge6712/
Cumenci6710/
Cominci676/
Komenca675/
Kommens674/
Camenze673/
Komense673/
Cammens672/
Commençais671/
Camnche671/
Komenke671/
Camenge671/
Coomens670/
Commyns670/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Commence
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